Cal Smith
Sign in to saveAmerican country musician (1932–2013)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1932-01-01
- Died
- 2013-01-01
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Creation of Jesus
- Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the World of Poetry
- Poetry That's Fun to Read Out Loud
- When devil fish come out to play
- Yarns About Everything
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 41,796
- Total plays
- 277,083
Tags
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Cal Smith (born April 7, 1932) is an American country musician, most famous for his 1974 hit "Country Bumpkin." Career He was born with the name Calvin Grant Shofner on April 7, 1932, in Gans, Oklahoma, and was raised in Oakland California. He began his music career performing at the Remember Me Cafe in San Francisco at the age of fifteen, but he was not financially successful at first. Throughout the 1950s, he was not able to continue his music career, so he worked at various other jobs, incl
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1932
- Died
- 1 January 2013
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Gans
- Place of death
- Branson
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- guitar
- Genre
- country music
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Categories
1932 births2013 deaths20th-century American guitarists20th-century American male musiciansAmerican country guitaristsAmerican country singer-songwritersAmerican male guitaristsAmerican male singer-songwritersCountry musicians from CaliforniaCountry musicians from OklahomaDecca Records artistsGuitarists from California